7488000. If you live in the mountain or pacific time zones, it is 202 7488001. A special line this morning for minneapolis and st. Paul residents. That number is 202 7488002. You can also send us a text. That number is 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. You can start calling and now as we show this headline from the Minneapolis Tribune overnight. Many as Police Station set on fire, protesters marched downtown. Thousands gathered downtown yesterday to express anger with restraint at a peaceful gathering but later, the third precinct station became a target. You can see many of those pictures this morning of the violence in minnesota and protest overnight. We want to show you tweets from Governor Tim Walz of minnesota when he announced the National Guard was being deployed to handle some of the violence. A series of tweets saying it is time t
On many different fronts. National guard, state patrol, police department, sheriffs departments, as well as those who are out there making sure we maintained utilities and Everything Else. Also speaking of, watching yesterday, the whole nature of why we do these things is to allow for that peaceful expression. We saw large peaceful protests focusing on the systemic changes that get to the heart of why we are in this situation. And when i say we, minneapolis, st. Paul, the state of minnesota, nationally and as we have seen over the last 24 hours, internationally. A society that does not put equity and inclusion at the center of it is certainly going to eventually come to the places where we are at. This is a moment of inflection, it is a moment of real change, it is a moment that those folks who are out there demanding this are not going to take a commission or a report. They are going to want fundamental change. And that is what i think thats one of the exciting things in the midst of
Been charged in the murder of george floyd. The officer was caught on camera kneeling on floyds neck for several minutes. Floyd later died. We have Team Coverage across the bay area of the response to last nights protests. We begin with abc 7 News Reporter luz pena tracking the current protest you were saying in San Francisco. The bay area woke up to shattered glass, looted businesses and protesters began to gather peaceful at u. N. Plaza across from city hall. Let me show you this video, after two hours waiting for the crowd to grow protesters began to move to Market Street while chanting no justice, no peace and, quote, say his name, george floyd. With Police Officers following protests with motorcycles and blocking side streets. In this next video we can see how protesters began to turn from peaceful to violent when officers were getting in their vehicle away from this crowd when at one point we can see an officer pointing a nonlethal weapon to the crowd as they drive away, a protes
Joining us. Im brian hackney. And im juliette goodrich. We do begin with lightning, thunder, rain, even hail. Lets check in with darren again on this impressive thunderstorm. It hit us at noontime today across the bay area. Right about between 2 00 and 4 00, 680 and 580 lrp downpours. All four sweeps are going around. The last three hours. Now you see why there was a flood advisory issued this afternoon that was allowed to expire just about an hour ago now for 680, 580, all of the areas there with the brightest colors on your screen and the flashes of lightning. Well put this into the futurecast. It picks up on that complex of thunderstorms, the leftovers of what was moving through the east bay. Well still see showers down here through the hills of the south bay. Im going to be back with the rest of the forecast in a few minutes to show you what comes next. Back to you. Darren, thanks so much. We want to show you some protests going on in san francisco. Chopper 5 over the scene right n
And in stark contrast to those scenes of looting and violence have been peaceful marches in memory of george floyd in some parts of the country as more cities announce plans to hold community vigils. Are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r. T. International im john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. Civil unrest is spreading across the United States as anger over the death of george floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police boils over demonstrations have erupted in cities across the country since the fatal incident last monday amid looting torched buildings and a violent clashes with police the mayor of minneapolis has announced the full mobilization of the National Guard it is the 1st time that that has happened since world war 2. What. If they dont want to give us justice and theyre not going to be any peace so much go we are tired his name was george clooney. I want i want shane broke we all want change. We got white people back here Storm National building